Folding clothes drying frame with central support



July 3l,v 1956 HANS F. KANToRowlcz 2,756,879

NOW BY COURT ORDER HANS. F. KENT FOLDING CLOTHES DRYING FRAME WITH CENTRAL SUPPORT Filed July ll, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN V EN TOR.

July 31, 1956 HANS F. KANToRoWlcz 2,756,879

Now BY COURT ORDER HANS. F. KENT FOLDING CLOTHES DRYING FRAME WITH CENTRAL SUPPORT Filed July ll, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

FOLDING CLOTHES DRYING FRAME WITH CENTRAL SUPPORT Hans F. Kantorowicz, yCliffside Park, N. J., now by court order Hans F. Kent Application July 11, 1951, Serial No. 236,223 2 Claims. (CI. 211-118) This invention relates to an improved supportV for laundered clothes for air drying the same, and one of the objects of the invention is the provision of a clothes drier having a frame which can be folded on itself when not in use, and which can be extended to provide maximum clothes line capacity, arranged in an approximately rectangular formation.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a clothes drier with a wire frame, a hanging hook connected centrally to the frame, and flexible cords connected diagonally to opposite corners of the frame, and providing additional clothes line supports.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a light clothes drier frame formed of wire, and constructed in the form of an inverted arc, and cord members connected to opposite ends of the arcuate frame to maintain it in arched position and to provide clothes line supports. l.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a clothes drier frame constructed of wire in approximately rectangular shape in companion sections, a substantially inflexible (of metal or plastic) bar pivotally connected with the inner ends of the frame sections, and flexible cords connected to opposite ends of the sections to support them against downward movement when loaded with wet clothes to be dried, together with a hanging hook centrally connected to the wood bar, to provide a one-hand central support for hanging the entire device on a clothes line, this hanging hook having a reverse bent portion having a clutching action on the supporting clothes line.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention comprises certain new and useful constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, clearly described in the following specifications, and fully shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a top plan view of a foldable drier frame, shown in open extended position.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a detail side view, enlarged, of the line clutching reverse loop of the hanging hook.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the hinge connection between the frame sections and the Wood bar.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view, illustrating the position of the drier frame, when suspended from a clothes line.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail top edge view of the line clutching handle loop of the hanging hook and the clothes line extending through the loop.

Fig. 7 is a perspective of a non-folding drier frame.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the practical embodiment of my invention, 10 designates the complete portable drier frame, which includes the left frame section 11 and the right frame section 12. The left frame section 11 is constructed of a single strand of wire and bent into U-shape to provide opposing side bars 11a and 11b, and a connecting bar 11c. This U-shaped frame is provided with corner eyes 11d and 11e, formed by twisting the wire on itself.

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The frame section I2 is similarly constructed to provide the opposing side bars 12a and 12b, and the connecting bar 12C. This frame section 12 is also U-shaped, and is formed with twisted corner eyes 12d and 12e. Thus the frame sections 11 and 12 are oppositely and symmetrically looped.

The end of the frame bar 11a is formed with an integral stub shaft 111, connected to the bar 11a by a spring or tension loop 11g. The stub shaft 11j is extended through bearing eyes 13 and 14 of a rigid bar, here illustrated as a Wood bar 15, and the end of the stub shaft 11f is bent to provide a keeper hook 11f, to retain the stub shaft in the eyes. The end of the frame bar 11b is provided with an integral stub shaft 11h, which is extended through bearing eyes 16 and 17 of the wood bar 15, and bent to provide a terminal keeper hook 11h', for retaining the stub shaft in the bearing eyes 16 and 17.

The frame bar 12a is provided with an integral stub shaft 12], which is extended through bearing. eyes 18 and 19 of the wood bar 15, and bent to provide a terminal keeper hook 12j", for retaining the stub shaft in the bearing eyes 18 and 19. The frame bar 12b is provided with an integral stub shaft 12g, which is extended through bearing eyes 20 and 21v of the wood bar 15, and then bent to provide keeper hook 12g'. Each of these stud shafts extends at approximately right angles to its frame bar. s

The right and left frame sections are slightly arched and are disposed in low upward inclined planes from the connecting wood bar 15,v so that the connecting frame bars 1.11 and 12C will be supported in the highest planes. In other words, the right and left frame sections are symmetrically bowed upwardly on each side of the rrigid bar 15.

A semi-rigid hanging element or hanging hook bar 22 is centrally connected to the wood bar 15 at its lower end, by the outwardly extended malleable feet 22a and 22h, which are extended through the wood bar 15 and clinched against the underside of the wood bar. So xed, the hanging element extends substantially at right angles to the rigid bar 15. This hanging hook bar 22 consists of a single strand of wire twisted upon itself, and shaped to provide a hanging loop 23 on its upper end. This hanging loop is formed to provide opposing eyes 23a and 23b, through which the clothes line 24 is extended, by forcing the tongue 23e of the hanging loop over the clothes line.

In doing this the clothes line is bent, so that a clutching action is thereby established between the hanging loop and the clothes line, which prevents the hanging hook bar from slipping on the clothes line. This is Very useful, as the clothes can be pulled in, when supported on a clothes line, by pulling on the line in the usual manner, and the clothes, supported on the drier frame may also be moved outwardly to dry them.

Due to the fact that the entire wire frame is centrally supported at opposite ends of a single hanging bar, the house wife can lift the entire frame to place it, when loaded with wet clothes, on a clothes line, and may remove the loaded clothes drying frame from the clothes line, by one hand, while the other hand is operating the clothes line to move it outwardly or inwardly.

The hanging loop is provided with an additional hanging loop 25, so that the entire frame may be supported on a nail or hook indoors or otherwise.

When the frame sections 11 and 12 are loaded with clothes, the weight of the clothes would exert a downward pulling action on the frame sections, and this is resisted by means of flexible cords 26 and 27. The cord 26 is extended through, and fixed to the twisted hanging bar, and its opposite ends are connected to the diagonally opposite corner eyes of the frame sections 11 and 12, and the flexible cord 27 is similarly connected to the diagonally opposite corner eyes of the frame sections 11 and 12, being extended, also, through the twisted hanging hook bar and xed thereto.

When so connected the flexible cords 26 and 27 act as cords to maintain the two frame sections in approximately arched relation to each other, and thus provide additional line support for wet clothes to be dried.

In Fig. 7, I show a non-folding drier frame, which includes a rectangular wire frame 30, having arched side bars 31 and 32, and connecting end cross bars 33 and 34. Corner loops or eyes 35 are provided on this frame. The side bars 31 and 32 are connected to the wood frame bar 36 by means of wire eyes 37 and 38 xed in its respective ends. The lower end of the hanging bar 39 is connected to the wood frame bar 36 by means of malleable feet 39a and 39h, which feet are clinched to the wood bar. The upper end of this hanging bar is provided with a line clutching loop handle 40.

A exible cord 41 is diagonally connected to opposite corner eyes 35 of the non-folding frame, and extended through the twisted hanging bar 39, and another flexible cord 42 is diagonally connected with the other eyes 35 of the frame, and extended through the twisted hanging bar 39.

The drier frame, in each case, provides two long side bars, two shorter end bars, and two longer diagonal cords, which in a standard commercial house model, will provide approximately ten feet of clothes line, all grouped into a relatively small frame, which may be supported directly over a washing machine, so that drainage may be made directly into the washing machine.

Due to the low weight of the drying frame, a house wife can easily move the frame, loaded with clothes, from one part of a room to another, and by providing an indoor clothes line or bracket supports, can dry a large number of wet clothes.

It is understood that various changes in the construction of the connection between the wire frame bars and the cross wood bar, and also in the construction of other details, may be resorted to, without departing from the scope of the invention, as dened by the claims hereof.

Having described my invention, I claim as new:

l. A clothes drying frame comprising an elongated horizontal bar, a single hook bar connected to the midportion of said horizontal bar extending upwardly therefrom, said hook bar having a hook on its upper end adapted to engage a clothesline, a pair of U-shaped wire frame sections, each having its free ends pivoted to the ends of said elongated horizontal bar and eyes connecting the sides and the bight of the U-shaped frames, and exible cords connected to diagonally opposed eyes and the hook bar above the horizontal bar.

2. A clothes drying frame according to claim l, wherein the hook at the upper end of said hook bar cornprises a hanging loop forming opposing eyes through which the clothesline extends and is gripped within said eyes.

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